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The organization that helped vaccinate Mea She’arim against measles

Yad Avraham, a small medical-advice organization in the haredi community arranged measles vaccination for some 20,000 haredi children to halt recent outbreak.

Israel, Britain sign post-Brexit trade continuity deal

"More important even than the agreement itself is what it says about our future relationship," said Fox.

Judge bans Netanyahu from photos with IDF soldiers

The ruling came following a Labor petition to the committee, in light of a law prohibiting parties to use soldiers as part of their campaigns.

Israel's fertility rate comparable to U.S. 'baby boom,' study finds

Among the population of ultra-Orthodox women, the average fertility rate is somewhere in the area of seven children per family.

Israeli accused of a Tinder-con involving millions, various partners

The alleged criminal is Shimon Yehuda Hayut, aka Simon Leviev. Three Finnish women and two Norwegian women levied complaints against him.

New museum to honor Jewish World War II fighters to open in Latrun

At the cost of 38 million nis, the museum will honor Jewish fighters in armies and underground groups who fought the Nazis.

Is Colombia looking to buy Israel’s Barak-8 missile defense system?

The system was said to have been chosen over South Korea's Lig Nex1 KM-SAM.

Skip the forms and use only your ID to get married

The new venture would allow couples to bring only their IDs to the rabbinate, and significantly speed up the process of marriage.

Israeli envoy, Netta welcomed at Romanian pre-Eurovision show

Musician Brian Eno echoes call to boycott song contest in Tel Aviv.

Hapoel Jerusalem lets the good times roll

With State Cup title in the bag, cohesive Reds set sights on more hardware this season.

Want greater job opportunities? Purchase a car

Researchers discovered that when employees have convenient access to transport, both in proximity to home and employment, the use of private vehicles for commuting purposes declines from 82% to 68%.

Hundreds of staff demonstrate in front of the Education Ministry

Edelstein on Poland crisis: We have a right to say what really happened

“I definitely regret” that the summit is canceled, Yuli Edelstein said, “but having said that, we are not trading in history, definitely not that of the Holocaust.”

The rabbi who votes for the Academy Awards

The Simon Wiesenthal Center's Rabbi Marvin Hier - a two-time Oscar winner - talks films, politics, and rubbing elbows with the Hollywood elite.

Stock exchange calls on public to start investing again

"The stock exchange is dealing for the first time with the public's fear of investing in it," said TASE CEO Ittai Ben-Zeev.

Anatomy of a crisis: How Israel-Polish relations collapsed

A day-by-day account of how a crisis that started with a mistaken quote unraveled Israeli-Polish ties.

President Rivlin advocates 'Jewish Hope' to strengthen Israel-Diaspora

In the face of rising antisemitism including in North America, this unity is more important than ever, he insisted.

Israel-Poland crisis: To solve it, we need diplomatic nuance and finesse

'It is really astonishing that the newly appointed foreign minister of Israel quotes such a shameful and racist remark. Utterly unacceptable.'

Man nearly swept out to sea rescued by Tel Aviv police life-saving effort

Paramedics were on location following the incident and upon arriving ashore, the man was transferred into medical custody.

Bennett on Poland: We cannot allow anyone to revise history

"We need to face the reality that they were a victim, but that not a small number [of Poles] were involved in antisemitism.”

V4 summit canceled in Jerusalem after Poland quits over Holocaust crisis

Poles furious after acting Foreign Minister Israel Katz quotes former prime minister Yitzhak Shamir to the effect that 'Poles imbibe antisemitism from their mothers' milk.'

Australian Jewish group calls for firing Litzman over extradition debacle

Details emerged that police suspect Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman attempted to pressure the Jlm. district psychiatrist into falsely stating that Leifer is mentally unfit to be extradited.

Israeli cyber-intelligence firm: We shut down misuse of cyber systems

NSO has denied any connection to the Khashoggi or Black Cube affairs.

IDF Chief of Staff Kochavi makes first senior appointments

Maj.-Gen. Yoel Strick to take over as Commander of the embattled Ground Forces.

Yishai: Vote Yahad to stop intermarriage and bark-mitzvahs at Kotel

Reform Movement: there no customers at Yishai’s grocery store of hate. Yishai’s incitement will lead him to political wilderness.